Headrest for barber-chairs



D. DRIVER.

HEADREST FOR BARBER CHAIRS.

APPLICATION FILED MAYI5, 1920.

1,371,201. Patented Mar. 8,1921.

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HEADREST FOR BARBER-CHAIRS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 8, 1921.

Application liled May 15, 1920. Serial No. 381,702.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, lVILLIAM D. DRIVER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland, have i vented new and usefulImprovements in Headrests for Barber-Chairs, of which the following is aspecificatiton.

The object of my present invention is the provision of a head rest,designed more especially but not necessarily for use on a baroers chair,and calculated to conduce materially to the comfort of a person who isbeing shaved or otherwise operated on.

To the attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in theimprovement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

in the accompanying drawings, hereby made a part hereof:

Figure l is a front elevation of the head constituting the bestpractical embodiment of my invention of which I am cognizant.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section taken through the upperportion of the head rest.

Figs. 3, 4c, 5 and 6 are detail views illustrative of differentadvantageous features of my novel head rest.

Similar numerals of reference designate 0 corresponding parts in all ofthe views of the drawings.

Among other elements my novel head rest comprises a body 1, equipped inapproved manner with a pendent shank 2. The said 5 body 1 isconcavo-convex in the direction of its length, with its concave sideuppermost and occupied by a plurality of anti-friction hearings 3,preferably of roller type.

Arranged and movable endwise on the body 1 is a casing 4, the upper wall5 of which is superimposed on the anti-friction hearings or rollers 3.At its ends the easing a is equipped with clips 6, connected thereto bymeans of screws or other appropriate devices, and at the inner sides ofthe bearings in the clips 6.

clips 6 are arranged springs 7 the function of which is to cushion theendwise movements of the casing a and thereby absorb shock and preventthe transmission of the same to the head of the person being operatedon.

Arranged above and extending lengthwise in the same direction as thecasing et is a pad 8, designed to comfortably receive and support thehead of the person in the chair. at its ends the pad 8 is provided withtrunnions 9 that are journaled in appropriate By virtue of the saidprovision the pad 8 is adapted to rock about its axis, and therebyaccommodate itself to the head of the person in the chair and contributeto the comfort of said person.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that my novel head rest is notunduly expensive, and yet is adapted to render the stay of a person in abarbers chair or a dentists chair much more comfortable than anyordinary head rest. This will be better appreciated when it is statedthat incident to the turning of the head of the person from one side tothe other the pad 8 easily moves, and therefore the person in the chairis subjected to no discomfort whatever.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is 2- In a head rest for barhers and analogous chairs,the combination of a body concave at its upper side in the direction ofits length, a casing inclosing and movable endwise on the body andhaving an upper wall concave in the direction of its length,antifriction means interposed between said wall and the upper side ofthe body, clips connected to the ends of the casing, and a pad arrangedabove the casing and having end trunnions onrnaled in the said clips.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

WILLIAM DENTON DRIVER.

